housing contracts

This notice sets out the requirements Bridgend County Borough Council (the Council) has for a range of housing related services for young people. These services will be delivered in line with two separate contracts (Lots) as detailed below: Lot 1 describes the requirements for provision of:-  Supported Accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds  Mediation Service for 16 to 25 year olds  Advocacy Service for 16 to 25 year olds Lot 2 describes the requirements for provision of:-  Supported Accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds  Step Down Accommodation for 18 to 21 year olds  Floating Support for 16 to 21 year olds These services will build upon existing provision responding to the needs of and supporting service users, who are homeless / threatened with homelessness and have housing related support needs. This contract period will be for 3 years, commencing on 1st December 2026 with the option to extend for up to 24 months. The service will assist with the vision of the Housing Support Grant that promotes “A Wales where nobody is homeless and everyone has a safe home where they can flourish and live a fulfilled, active and independent life”. Services will also support the prevention and wellbeing agenda of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. In order to secure two providers to deliver provision, providers will be able to bid for two Lots, but will only be successful with a maximum of one bid (Lot). The estimated value of this contract will be estimated per annum at: Lot 1 - £430,000 Lot 2 - £580,000 However, the estimated value is subject to market feedback and review, so this could change at the point of the formal Invitation to Tender.

This advert describes the vision Bridgend County Borough Council has for a Housing First Project. The project will build on current provision and will support Service Users who have chronic housing and support needs and are often unable to maintain or unwilling to reside in temporary or supported accommodation environments. Housing First (HF) is a unique approach to help tackle homelessness in a recovery-orientated way. The approach has been evidenced to successfully support people with repeat histories of homelessness into settled and stable homes. HF offers long-term support in affordable housing as quickly as possible for individuals experiencing entrenched homelessness. Wrap-around support and connections to community-based support is made available, to give Service Users the very best chance to successfully maintain their tenancies and avoid becoming homeless again. The Service User should be central to the service, exercising as much choice and control as possible. Support should be based around a person’s strengths rather than their problems, with services working proactively and with other services to encourage and facilitate engagement. HF approaches are based on the concept that a Service Users first and primary need is to obtain stable housing, and that other issues that may affect the household can and should be addressed once housing is obtained. The HF concept originated in the USA in the 1990s and has since been significantly promoted worldwide. It provides an alternative to a system of emergency accommodation / temporary housing options. Rather than moving homeless individuals through different "levels" of housing, whereby each level moves them closer to "independent housing", HF moves the homeless individual or household from the streets or temporary accommodation into their own accommodation and builds the support around them there. There is a distinct difference between HF and generic floating support. HF has been designed specifically to help people who have the highest and most complex needs out of the housing cohort, and may not be able to benefit from usual hostels or temporary shared settings. They therefore need to be housed into general or self-contained accommodation with a package of intensive support as part of a specific inter-agency programme. Overall, the core of the approach is that people should move straight into their own self-contained accommodation (which is not conditional upon engagement with support) and that flexible, intensive support should be offered around the needs of the person. They should also have normal security of tenure. This contract period will be for 3 years, commencing on 1st January 2026 with the option to extend for up to 24 months. The service will assist with the vision of the Housing Support Grant that promotes “A Wales where nobody is homeless and everyone has a safe home where they can flourish and live a fulfilled, active and independent life”. Provision will assist the Council in fulfilling its duties under The Housing (Wales) Act 2014, Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. This service will also assist the Council in meeting the aims and objectives set out in the Council’s Housing Support Programme Strategy 2022-2026 and subsequent Action Plan.

Bridgend CBC wishes to award a contract, for the provision of an Extra Care service in Kenfig Hill, Bridgend (Tender reference B1000). This is a community based supported accommodation model which supports a preventive and reablement agenda, and the wellbeing initiatives as identified within Welsh Government policies and the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales) 2014. The aim of the service is to enable people to ‘live the best life they want to live’ in an environment where the service is the enabler, and the people are the changers. Supporting independence within the person’s home – to increase the range of options for self-support and targeted assistance to build on their strengths and maintain or improve their quality of life.

The service will respond to the needs of and support service those who the Council have agreed to accommodate on a temporary basis. The service is expected to provide meaningful and structured support to enable service users to address or minimise support needs, enabling successful move on to suitable, independent and sustainable settled accommodation. The service will also assist the Council in fulfilling its housing management duties associated with the properties, under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

Bridgend County Borough Council wish to award a specialist provider to work across their children’s residential service and supported accommodation for young adults who are care experienced.

Bridgend Council wishes to award this service providing those who require general floating support with housing related matters with advice and guidance.

Award Notice for a housing related support service based at Maple Tree House. Maple Tree House is a building owned by the Council and will provide 9 to 10 units of accommodation.

Bridgend County Borough Council (the Council) wishes to award a housing related support service based at Brynmenyn House. Brynmenyn House is project owned by the Council and provides 16 units of accommodation to households who are homeless and temporarily accommodated by the Council’s Housing Solutions team.

Bridgend County Borough Council wishes to award the provision of domiciliary care at Llys Ton Extra Care in Kenfig Hill, Bridgend. This is a community based supported accommodation model with 39 purpose built self-contained flats comprising of 8 single and 31 two-bedroom properties, which supports a preventive and reablement agenda, in-line with the wellbeing initiatives as identified within Welsh Government policies and the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales) 2014.